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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-28
. BOLD ROBBERY!
WebbSs Jewelry Store Robbed
OF Seven Thousand Dollars Worth OF
Goods.

Early last night, in fact night had
hardly set in, il being only $50 o'clock
Mr.. J. w. Webb's jewelry store on
Main street was robbed of diamonds
and fine watches to the amount of
$1,000 or $4,000. The circumstances
are about as follows: Mr.. Roberts, a
salesman, went to supper, leaving Mr..
Webb in the store alone. Two strang-
ers attired like and doubtless feigning
innocent countrymen, entered the
store, and one of them asked To see
some clocks, which Mr.. Webb went to
show him in one of the extreme cor
ners of the store. The other
party was left alone in front Mr..
Webb not thinking il worth while to
watch him. He did not begin oper-
ations at once, as James Arbuckle,
young man of this city, came in and
asked TO see a music box, which was
pointed out to him by Mr.. Webb. In
the meantime several parties assem-
bled in front OF the doorway and be-
gan talking, but not in such manner
as to cause suspicion. In little while
Mr.. Arbuckle left the store, and the
supposition is that the man then went
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-28
The Fischer Piano.

The Oldest piano on the American
continent. Have proved their merits
in durability, touch. tone and finish
tor half century. They use nothing
but the very finest malable iron in
their bed plates, the finest obtainable
material in all of their actions and in
TACT spare no time or money in making
their pianos rank with THE BEST.
Buy one on the installment plan from
VIII A. Watkin h Co., sole agents,
Dallas.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-28
$500 REWARD,

FOR the return of the Diamonds stolen
from my store on the evening OF the 9th,
ana no questions asked or will pay the
erty. J.W. WEBB
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-28
A Blaze

OF light in Exposition Hall attracts
the eye of every visitor. 1t emanates
from the magnificent Diamond dis
play OF knepfy e. Son, which excells
ever seen in Texas.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
PHILADELPHA MARKETs.

CORRECTED EVERY THURSDAY BY W. C. GARRISON
327 SOUTH FRONT ST., PHILADELPHIA
BUTTER AND STOCK
Butter, prime print 25c TO sc per ID; fair, lsc
to 3c per Id; roll, lac to Ice per lb; common
Sc TO 10c per I. Eggs, 23c to a4c per dog.
Calves, &c to &c per ID; sheep, Sc to sc per
lb; lambs, sc to &c per Id.
FEATHERS Doll
Feathers-Geese, soc to 55c per Id; duck,
&c to 30c per Ib; turkey &c to Sc per ID:
chicken, &c 10 &c per Id.
Wool-washed, 53c to 3c per lb; unwashed,
23c to 25 per Id.
OYSTERS
Prime, $500 to $500 per Dbl: calls, s2.09 TO
$500 per bbi; CLAIMS, 500 to $500 per 1000.
GAMR:-
Squads, Soc to 4Oe per pair: pigeons, CSC TO soc
per pair; snappers SC to Toe per lb: wood
cock, 6uc toi5c per pair.
FRESH FISH
Rock, large, lse TO lsc, small sc to lOc per lb:
perch, Sc to l0c per 10; catfish, SC TO l0c per
lb: sea bass, sc to &c per Ib; cells, &c to &c lb.
DRESSED POULTRY:
Spring chickens. lie to Ice per lib; fowls,
lie to l4c lb; spring DUCKS, lac 10 l5c per lb.
FRUIT AND N~EGETABLEs;-
Apples, choice, s. 90 to So. per Dbl.
fair, Sl.25 to 500 per bbl.
sweet potatoes. prime. 81. 10 to 800 per Dbl.
small, 75c to 81 90 per Dbl.
Potatoes, prime, zoe TO I5c per bus.
culls. Acc to 45e per bus.
Onions, Sl.75 TO 81 90 per Dbl.
Cabbage, large, $500 TO $500 per 100 heads.
" small, SlO0 to 500
Pears, prime, $500 to $50 per bbl,
cooking, SIPS TO $500 pei Dbl.
Lima beans, soc 20 35e per basket,
Tomatoes, l5c to &c per basket.
Grapes, SC TO &c per lb.
Cranberries. dark, s.. . to 81. 70 per crate.
light, 81 IS to 500 per crate.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14

State School superintendent Chapman
and his assistants are sending out blanks
to the various school districts of the State.
to be filled up with data in reference to the
debt on each district. There has never
been any record kept until now of the debt
on these districts. No matter what the
debt aggregated, no public official knew
what it amounted to. Superintendent
Chapman, when he came into office, saw
the necessity of the department having
some record of the financial status of each
of the districts, and he has been collecting
the Information directly from all the dis
tricts, and will publish it in his report this
year for the first time. The entire debt in
all the districts of the State aggregates one
million and a half dollars. The report
will show just what the amount is, the
nature of the security, the date of issue,
when payable and to whom, the rate of in
%terest, the amount of principal paid during
the year and the amount of principal out
standing.
The districts have been accustomed to
give mortgages on their school houses for
security when they borrowed money, but
this practice Superintendent Chapman has
discouraged. He claims that such a lien
is not a good one, for no creditor can sell
a school Gus to recover a debt. Most of
the districts now give bonds for security,
on which they pay five per cent. interest.
The Superintendent has adopted the plan
of borrowing money from the School Fund
in the districts. In this way, all are bene-
flied. The districts nave the use of the
money for which they issue bonds, and the
School Fund is realizing a five per cent.
interest, which is much more profitable
than any investments ever made before
Trenton Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
New BALLOT Boxes.

The Board of Freeholders of the county
some time since authorized Clerk Flynn to
secure the new ballot boxes required by an
act of the Legislature passed last winter,
and they will soon be delivered to the
county at an expense of S25 each. They
are one foot square and the four sides are
made of two thicknesses of solid plate
glass welded together with a wire netting
between. The top and bottom ofthe boxes
are of oak held together by steel rods. In
the top of the boxes is an iron plate con-
tanning a little slit into which the ballot
is dropped; as this is done a crank is turn
ed and the ballot is carried down between
two rollers, when a rubber stamp prints
the name of the township on the ticket and
punches a hole in it, after which it falls
into the box. The turning of the crank
rings q bell and at the same time registers
the number of the ballot on the outside of
the box. The iron top is secured by three
locks, one a yale lock and the other two
combination locks, so that it requires the
collision of three officers to open the box.
When the polls are closed the top OF the
box can be turned in such a manner as to
close the opening effectually and prevent
the insertion of a ballot. 1t is claimed that
these boxes absolutely prevent fraud.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
SALEM, N. j.

In the Democratic Convention of Camden
county on Wednesday these nominations were
made: senator, George Pfeifer, Jr.; Sheriff,
Henry b. Paul; Surrogate, Thomas p. Curiey;
Coloners, Harry Powell, DIR. George w. Henry
and DR.. Joseph Hurff.
In Il communication to the Board of Chosen
Freeeholders Of Camden county, the Secretary
of the New Jersey State Board of Health said
the Camden county prison sis without a par.
allel in the State. and so far as l know in the
country, in the miserable construction of its
underground, nnIighted and unyentilated
vaults"
Joseph Eberwine, of Philadelphia, was ac-
quilted in the Cumberland County Court at
Bridgeton ON Wednesday of breaking into the
house of samuel Colder, in Deerfield town
ship, at midnight in September last. Eber-
wine was suffering from delirium tre1nens and
had taken shelter in Golder's house with the
him ana he wanted protection.
In view of the difficulties under which the
Moorestown Agricultural and Industrial So
eiety has been struggling, Charles $. Taylor,
of Burlington, recently made a proposition to
the stockholders to purchase the Fair grounds
for $1,000, and then Immediately lease them
back to the society for five years free of rent.
should desire to become owners again Mr..
Taylor will re deed the property to the society
upon the payment of the original purchase
money and interest. The stockholders have
voted to accept this offer.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
A FafaI Runaway.

A fatal runaway accident occurred il
Paramount Park, Philadelphia. at II O'Clock
last Friday morning. Mrs. Jacob Naylor,
of 1910 North Fifteenth street, that city,
was killed and Mrs. William Disston, wife
of the owner of the Pleasant Valley Stock
farm, at this place, was seriously injured.
The ladies were driving in the Park.
William Brennan, Mr.. Disston's coachman,
was driving. The horses became frigbten-
ed, and, wheeling short from the road,
threw the coachman off the box. The
team then started on a run. Mrs. Disston
quickly opened the door and leaped out.
She landed on her side and was considera-
bly, bruised about the body. arms and
head. A moment later Mrs. Naylor also
jumped from the carriage. She struck the
ground with her head and was picked up
lnsensible. As quickly as possible she
was driven to the German Hospital, but
she was dead before arriving there. Mrs.
Disston is slowly recovering from the eff
fects of the shock.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
Al, over the county.

A pensioned soldier in Quinton receives
$14 per month.
Quinton sportsmen are going to hum iol
deer in Atlantic county this month.
Edward Dolbow, of pennsgrove, has
opened a butcher shop in Sw~edesboro.
Salem bank stock brought s110. 80 at
public sale on Saturday. Par value, $50.
A firm of Salem harness makers made
forty sets Of harness to sell at the Nit.
Holly fair this week.
Several carloads of tomatoes have been
shipped from Alloway to q manufacture
of catsup in New York.
Elwood S. Layton, of Pennsgrove, has
purchased the Danser farm, at the Old
Mill, of William Baker, for $500.
An eel two feet long was forced through
one of the water pipes ct Starr Bros. can
ming factory in Salem last Friday.
A horse belonging to a farmer living neal
Newkirk station has a foretop that starts
from between the eyes and reaches to Its
nose.
Jericho is to ave n tomato canning iac,
tory. Thos. j. Wood, of Alloway, is said
to be making all preparations for stating
work next season.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
Revenged Afrer Ten years.

William Weyneth, a 26-year-old conn.,
mission merchant, whose home is at 2207
East Norris street, Philadelphia, posed as
an avenger before Magistrate Ladner in
that city OF Wednesday,. When Weyneth
was a boy he worked for Benjamin J..
Weatherby, a farmer at Pedricktown. and
he says the horny-handed granger made his
boyhood life miserable by his cruelty.
Tuesday afternoon, after waiting ten years.
Weyneth, who was not altogether a shin
ing example of Temperance, met the farmer
at Front and Callowhill streets and pro-
ceeded to wipe out old scores. He knocked
Weatherby down, blackened his eyes and
chewed off a portion of one of his ears. A
Seventh district policeman dragged the
young man away from the tyrant of his
childhood days and took him to the station
house. Magistrate Ladner committed
Weyneth to prison on charge of mayhem.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
Store order Payments.

Ex-Judge Westcott, of Camden, is pre-
pairing the briefs in a suit under the act of
March II, 1880, prohibiting employers
from paying employees in merchandise,
known as the Anti-Store-Or Order act. The
plaintiff is John Shaffer, of Bridgeton, and
the defendants are Bodine, Thomas & Co.,
of Williamstown. The allegation is that
the latter compelled Shaffer, under his pro-
test, to stipulate that he should take his
wages out of the store in merchandise, and
he did it for three years. In all this time
he declares he was paid but 500 in cash,
and when he made a demand for his wages
in cash he was discharged. Shaffer says
further that he purchased a house from the
firm for $500, the stipulation being that he
should pay S. per month, and that if he
should ever miss a payment the house
should revert to the original owners. After
he had paid $500 upon it he became dis
tressed through family affiiction, and the
house was taken away from him. The
suit is of Importance, as it is the first that
has been brought under the act. The law,
it is said, is being daily violated by South
Jersey manufacturers.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
board OF Chosen Freeholders.

Tn October meeting OF the Board OF
Freeholders was held in the Court House
at Salem on Wednesday, all the members
being present except G.. Edwin Bassett, OF
Warrington.
On motion, the County Collector was
authorized to borrow $4,000 in anticipation
of taxes.
Among the bills presented and ordered
paid was one of John Mcdonnell, for $50,
burial expenses of John Wilmer, an indi-
gent colored soldier.
Clerk Flynn announced that the new
ballot-boxes for the county were daily ex.
pected and Oh motion it was ordered that
he be authorized to receive full Instructions
in the management of the boxes, with the
view of instructing the election boards of
the different townships in the workings of
the same.
A communication was read from f. @.
Chapman, Secretary of the State Board of
Education, notifying the Freeholders of
the reappointment of r. Henry Holme to
the SUPPLEMENTARY of schools in this
county, subject to the approval of the
Board Of Freeholders. Mr.. Holme then
appeared before the board in person, in
order, as he stated, to correct some mis-
representations that had been circulated in
regard to him. Mr.. Holme referred in a
general way to the charges that had been
made to the State Board of Education
against him in his official capacity, and
read to the F~reeholders the report of the
committee appointed by the State Board
to investigate said charges. The report
stated that the charges as made were false
in every particular and recommended the
reappointment of Mr.. Holme. After stat
ing his willingness to answer any and all
questions that might be asked him relative
to the charges in question, Mr.. Holme
withdrew and the Freeholders proceeded
to ballot on the matter, which ballot re-
suited in a refusal to approve the appoint
ment. Vote I to 5.
Mr.. Emmel, for committee on bridges
in Alloway, reported the bridge at Houses
pond badly in need of attention and it was
ordered that the bridge be repaired.
Mr.. Baker, for committee on Kill Deer
Run bridge, reported that a new bridge
had beer built.
Mr.. Strobridge, for committee on bridges
in Oldman's, reported that the wings of
the Pedricktown bridge would have to be
heightened; that the bridge at Auburn was
nearly completed and that the bridge over
Game creek will need to be replaced.
Committee on Thunderbolt bridge re-
ported they had no jurisdiction over said
bridge and were discharged.
On motion, ordered that a notice warn
ing persons from tampering with bridges
under county jurisdiction be printed in the
county papers.
On motion, adjourned until second We'd
nesday in November.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
THE EWELER
RAILROAD Consolidation.

AS reported in these columns a PROPOSE
ton was considered at the recent annual
meeting of the directors of the Salem Rail-
road Company to merge all the branch
lines under the Pennsylvania system in
South Jersey into the West Jersey Com
pany. The proposition was accepted by
the directors, but in order to adopt it
a two-thirds vote of the stockholders ofthe
said company is necessary. A meeting of
the stockholders to vote on the proposition
will be held at the office of the company, in
Salem, on Thursday, the 9th inst, at II
o'clock in the morning. A full vote of the
stock is desired. The proposition gives
the privilege to the stockholders of the Sa-
lem Railroad to either have West Jersey
Railroad stock assigned them, share for
share, for their present holding, or they
may retain their stock and thereby have
their present 6 per cent. dividend secured
to them.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
south Jersey Neres.

Clayton has a girl thirteen years ola that
wears artificial teeth.
The Atlantic County Prohibition Conven-
tion will meet at tomorrow.
The Maurice river, at Millvine. is about 10
feet wide at high water and 100 feet al low
water and averages 10 feet deep.
Ex-Mayor L. NJ. Green, of Woodbury.. who is
a large land owner in Gloucester county is
planting hedges on "A large scale.
Twelve members of the congregation of the
Deerfield Presbyterian church have died
since the third of last August. This is a re
markabie death rate.
The Board of Trade of Bridgeton has APP
pointed a committee to go TO New York 10 in
vestigate making gas from petroleum with the
view of introducing it there.
The farm of William Dishert, of Glassboro.
containing twenty-siN acres, has been pur-
chased for a public cemetery, and~6000 of the
$4,000 capital required has been subscribed.
A Bridgeton firm has received Il contract 10
erect 100 oyster-houses, 30x40 feet each, for the
West Jersey Railroad Company, at the ter
minus of the new road from M~anumuskin to
Long Beach.
The Good Templars of MiIlville passed II res
olution to appoint a committed 10 wait on all
the ministers of the different churches, and
request them to preach a sermon on the sell
ing of cigarettes.
The experiment of making glass by gas in
stead OF wood fuel is to be tested at Warwiek's
Work., Glassboro, as we'll as at the Standard
Works, Woodbury.. The system is in success
full operation at Malaga.
The Third Street NJ. h. Church, Camden, met
on sunday and took measures for the organi-
cation of a temperance loyal legion. This is
the first organization of the kind in the city,
and il is expected to have IA large membership.
A very remarkable instance of longevity in
man and wife is to be found recorded on two
tombstones in Beesley's Point church yard.
They read thus; civilian Miller, age les yrs,
5 mos ana Eleanor Miller. age l3 yrs. 9
mos"
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
1ied.

REENES.-Suddenly, on the 18th of Septem
Der. at W ardner, Idaho, Biddle Reeves, in the
18th year of his age formerly o Salem, Nd.
DUBOIS.-Near w~oodstown, on October q.
1857, Isaac C.. Dubois, aged 50 years.
CO0k.-On October 4th, at the residence OF
her ~son-in1aw. Frank H. Zane, in Camden,
Jane E., widow of the late Robert Cook, for
merlY OF Pennsgroye, aged 81 years.
SAYERS.-on sept. Goth, in U. p. Neck, Re-
becca, infant daughter OF Joseph and Mary Il.
savers, aged - months.
STRIMPLE.-In Pennsgrove, October LIST,
Ethel NJ, granddaughter of John and Rebecca
Strimple, aged year, 4 months.
PADGETT. - In Deerfield, Oct. 3D., Aaron
Padgett, in the 18th year of his age.
WOUDRUFF.-Near Deerfield, Oct. I'd, 1887
susanna s, wife OF Enos Woodruff, aged AZ
years.
M~ORRIS.-In Deerfeld township, Oct. LIST,
John, son of Samuel and France Morris, aged
6 months and II days.
H0RNER.-At her residence, in Stoe Creek,
on Wednesday, sept. Is, Abigail r., wife OF
Nathan Horner.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
Just over The County Line.

Jos. Lodge has been appointed Post
Master at Pitman Grove, in place ofHenry
z. Young, resigned.
The corner stone of the A. NJ. E. Church
near Small Gloucester, above Swedesboro,
was laid on Sunday with appropriate cere-
monies.
They are POI persons in Gloucester
county who receive pensions from the Gen.
eral Government. They receive 1851. 80
every three months.
The Grand Jury of the Cumberland
County Courts, in session last week, found
thirty-two bills of Indictment, the largest
number ever found by a Grand Jury of the
county. Many of them are against Illicit
liquor Sc Hers.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
Ana Important Railroad Project.

A special meeting of the stockholders of
the Swedesboro Railroad Company will be
held at Woodbury. Oh Saturday afternoon,
October goth, for the purpose of voting on
the proposition of consolidating with the
w. J.. Railroad Company. The PROPOSE
tion is that the West Jersey will give the
stock of their road at par in exchange for
that held in the branch line. They pro-
pose to consolidate the Swedesboro,
Swedesboro and Woodstown, and all other
branches of the main line, under one man
agement which will make a considerable
reduction in the expenses, as it will do
away with the present system of keeping
separate accounts for each road besides
putting the whole system under one man
agement.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
We Don't Deunt IL.

There is growing in the writer's garden
a pumpkin vine that measures fifty-seven
feet and two inches in length and is grow
ing half an inch IN hour. The vine has
numerous ~laterals which are not taken in
the count, and contains four pumpkins
that will far out-balance the writer's
weight. Tie vine sprung from seed thrown
out during pumpkin-pie season and has
made this marvellous growth without any
cultivation whatever. A noticeable fea-
ture of the vine is it started to grow a n.
n. W. course and has not varied a point
from that direction in its remarkable
makeup. If you have any doubt of this,
call and see it. The ~latch-string always
hangs OUT. a. Greek cor. Sunbeam.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
More Trouble About Milk.

At Hurffville, Washington township,
there are W creameries. and, as a conse-
quence, the farmers of that section have
engaged extensively in producing milk
with which to supply them. Within the
past week the Inspectors haye made two
visits to these creameries and tested the
milk brought, and it has been found in
almost every instance to be below the test
required by the obnoxious milk law. The
reasons given for this condition are that at
this season pastures are short and dairy
men resort to ground feed for the purpose
of keeping up the flow of milk, and as a
consequence the quality is effected. Anoth-
er is, that the COWS are not selected by the
farmers with a view to richness of the
product, but rather as to quantity. If the
inspectors undertake to enforce the law
and collect fines under it, the farmers will
make organized defence, and carrythe war
to the highest legal tribunal, and in such
a contest they will be aided by every dairy
association in the State, and besides re-
ceive the moral influence of every right
thinking person in the State.-Gloucester
Co. Democrat.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
married.

SUMMERILL-NAYLOR-On October 9Th,
by Rev. W. Margerum, at the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. John Summerill and Miss
Hannah J.. Naylor, daughter of Capt. Thomas
and Emily II. Nayior, all of Pennsgrove.
sPARKS-PIDGE0N-In Swedesboro. Octo-
Der 9Th, by Rev. Joseph Garrison, George y,
sparks, OF Pe~nnsgrove, and Mrs. Deborah Z.
Pidgeon, Of Swedesboro.
ANSINk-M0RAN.-0n October 4, by Rev.
d. Dewolf, in Salem, David j. Ansink, of Ell
sinboro, and Miss Julia Moran, of Salem, N j.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-10-14
OF the a4th Reg. N. J. v.

In response to a call for a meeting of
representatives of all the companies of the
Twenty-fouIth Regiment. New Jersey Vol
~unteers, at Camden, on Tuesday. Captain
Howard Bassett and Sergeant George B..
Grier, of this place, were among the men,
bers from Company A. Arrangements
were made to hold a reunion of the regi-
ment at Bridgeton en- the 18th of Decem-
Der, which is the twenty-ffth anniversary
of the battle of Fredericksburg, in which
engagement the Twenty-fourth Regiment
ment was mustered into service on the
Both day of August, 1862, and discharged
at Beverly on the goth of June, 1868.
Seven or eight members of the regiment re-
side in this community. A permanent or
ganization will be perfected at the reunion.